The Northwest Territories is facing a bottleneck, Mr. Speaker. With biomass heating being the backbone of our energy transition, it not only cuts emissions but it also helps affordability. Right now, we're facing a challenge, Mr. Speaker. There aren't enough people trained to be able to install them, manage them, maintain them, and when the worst thing happens, fix them, Mr. Speaker. Because the very few that we have out there are just simply too, too busy to respond. Mr. Speaker, we need to find a way to get a recognized certification here in the Northwest Territories, find the best of the patchwork that exists out there. There are no standard pathways to get this but there is a few. Mr. Speaker, we need to become the masters of our own destiny because we don't have a masters in boiler maintenance.
Mr. Speaker, people, businesses, and even governments, are leaning on the Arctic Energy Alliance for guidance and simple basics about how to run these things. Let's be clear. Arctic Energy Alliance is not a college, and it shouldn't be, Mr. Speaker. They should be there to help people in the resource management side but because they're overstretched and under-resourced and meeting the demand that is out there. The solution is right in front of us.
It's time to be nimble, I say to Aurora College. Respond to the needs out there that folks have. The transition can look at different things, and one of the things I always say is be relevant to the people you work for. We could very well have an Aurora College that speaks to the problems we're facing. The problems are certification, management, and training. It could be in collaboration with the Arctic Energy Alliance, Mr. Speaker.
Let's also turn the page to one of the other problems. If you get your wood appliance installed, you need it certified, and the demands of the insurance company, their expectations, and their way of managing the problems of claims, whether they accept or deny, are very challenging. So they have to ensure the permitting process is proper, critically from that side, as well as safety, Mr. Speaker. This is a good opportunity for Aurora College, once again, to be relevant to the retail population they serve because we have CLCs sitting out there in our northern communities that are being mothballed so let's give ourselves a reason to keep the heat and lights on, ensure Northerners are trained, have jobs, and are serving Northern needs, such as safety and the critical need of stepping up wood pellet and boiler maintenance. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
